Obituaries

May 19, 2020

Funeral service for Dale Hochhalter will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 22, 2020 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Gordon Harper officiating; interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.  To protect the health and safety of all, due to COVID 19 the funeral service will be limited attendance as required by state authorities and CDC. We encourage you...

May 18, 2020

Mass of Christian Burial for Dave Craig will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 5, 2020 at the Craig Family Home, 3804 Roundup Drive, Gillette, WY; with Father Bryce Lungren and Father Cliff Jacobson officiating. We encourage all who are unable to attend  to view the service as it will be streamed live on our website; www.gillettememorialchapel.com; a link...

May 16, 2020

Colleen Heese, 94, of Gillette, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.

Colleen was born September 19, 1925, in Cody, Nebraska, the eldest of two daughters, to Colin and Joy Johnson. In 1929 the family moved to Tuthill, South Dakota, where Colleen graduated from high school, married, and lived until moving to Martin, South Dakota in 1981....

May 12, 2020

Mass of Christian Burial for William F. Pidgeon will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 18, 2020 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with Father Cliff Jacobson officiating; interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. To protect the health and safety of all, services will be limited to 25 people in attendance family only as required by Catholic Diocese and...

May 11, 2020

Matthew Joseph Johnson, born April 12, 1983 in Gillette, Wyoming departed this Earth for Heaven on May 11, 2020.

Matthew is survived by the love of his life and greatest blessing, his son, Jayden Bryan Johnson; his parents, Stanley Johnson and Lynda Johnson both of Gillette, WY; his grandfather Joseph Johnson of Mission, KS; his sister, Jaime Boardman; Jayden’s mother,...

May 8, 2020

May 7, 2020

Memorial service for Richard “Dick” Thompsons will be held at 10:00 a.m., June 13, 2020 at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Butte, MT. Richard Thompson, born May 1, 1933, in Butte, Montana died the morning of May 7, 2020 at 87 years old in Gillette, WY.  He was born to Thomas and Gladys Thompson and was the fourth child of six....

May 3, 2020

Carol Ann Tymchuck (Haberkorn) died peacefully in her home on May 3, 2020 in Sheridan, WY at the age of 72. 

Carol was born on August 31, 1948 in Denver, Colorado to John Alexander Haberkorn and Grace Margaret Manuello. She didn’t have a formal education but used her great taste and love for art to start a career in art...

May 1, 2020

Lloyd Donald Gorsuch was born March 13, 1940 in Cherry County, Nebraska to Art and Edna Gorsuch. He spent part of his first years in country school then finished in the Mullen Public Schools. He worked on various ranches after he and Janet Meredith were married in 1960. Later, he and Janet and family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota...

Apr 29, 2020

On April 29, 2020, William (Bill) Cecil Olson passed away at Close to Home Hospice of Gillette, WY after a long battle with colon cancer at the age of 81.

Bill was born on March 15, 1939, in Denver, Colorado.  He grew up on his family’s farm in Sundance, WY, before his family moved to Cheyenne in his senior year. ...

Apr 24, 2020

John David Burger, Sr. (Jack) passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2020 of causes incident to age. Jack was the youngest son of Earle Leigh Burger and Doris Mae (Bullock) Burger, born October 13, 1934 in Gary, Indiana. Jack married Glenda Rae Griffith in August of 1955, and from this union came seven children, two of whom have preceded...

Apr 19, 2020

Funeral service for Marty McKee will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 24, 2020 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ernie Bishop officiating. To protect the health and safety of all, due to Covid 19 the funeral service will be for eight family members only.  We encourage you to view the service as it will be streamed live on...

Apr 18, 2020

Thomas Lloyd Walker, age 62, formerly of Gillette, WY, went peacefully to his heavenly home on April 18, 2020. Tom was born March 7, 1958 in Alliance, Nebraska to Vernon and Janice (Stinnette) Walker (Huddle).

During his school years he and his family traveled around the United States racing Greyhound dogs. He graduated from Hyannis High School in 1976 at...

Apr 17, 2020

Graveside service for Norma Reed will be held 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Mount Pisgah Cemetery with Pastor Marty Crump officiating. Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be expressed at www.walkerfuneralgillette.com

Apr 15, 2020

Memorial service for Dani Mandeville will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 2020 at Halsey United Church of Christ, Hwy 2, Nebraska. Immediately following the service, the family will proceed to the Mandeville Homestead where Dani and her dad Bud’s ashes will be laid to rest. Dani Kay Mandeville 50 of North Platte, NE passed away unexpectedly of...

Apr 14, 2020

Funeral service for Claralee Dillinger will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Walker Funeral Home, interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. To protect the health and safety of all, services are currently limited to 10 people in attendance as required by state authorities and CDC. We encourage you to view the service as it will...

Apr 14, 2020

Funeral service for Kandi Lish will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Walker Funeral Home. To protect the health and safety of all, services are currently limited to 10 people in attendance as required by state authorities and CDC. We encourage you to view the service as it will be streamed live on our website; www.walkerfuneralgillette.com;...

Apr 13, 2020

Funeral service for Michaela Hyde will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2020 at Walker Funeral Home, interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. To protect the health and safety of all, services are currently limited to 10 people in attendance as required by state authorities and CDC. We encourage you to view the service as it will...

Apr 11, 2020

Riqui Lynette Smith passed away, surrounded by loved ones, on Apr 11, 2020, at Close to Home Hospice.  Riqui was born on Aug 18th, 1972, in Gillette, Wyoming and spent her early years with her mother and sister in Billings, Montana.  They moved to Edgemont, South Dakota where Sharon met Greg and married him in 1977.  In 1979, the family...

Apr 10, 2020

Juan Manuel Guajardo Sr., To My Loving Husband Who was born May 5, 1961 and passed peacefully April 10, 2020. You gave me the best 44 years of my life my partner in crime and my one and only. I will miss you so much. We pride ourselves in the privilege we had to call you husband, dad, grandpa, and...